Shirt anticreeper



March 11s-,1926. 1,577,116

D. E. EDWARDS SHIRT ANTICREEPEF? Filed March 1925' Eni-- Jamie E. Edd/afn ffm@ Patented Mar.Y 16, 192,6.

.i i UNITED .SfieTllY istant- PATENT orifice'.

DARSIE E. EDWARDS, OF CLINTON, MISSOURE, ASSIGNOR .OF ONE-THIRD TO CARROLL v O.. VED'WARDIS, OF CLNTON, MISSOURI.

einer ANTICREEPER.

Application med March a, 1925. serial No. 12,859.k

To all whom it' may Concern.'

Be lit known'that I, Dansin E. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt Anticreepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an anticreeping device for preventing shirts from creeping upwardly out of the upper portions of the trousers and causing discomfort to the wearer by becomingwrinkled and untidy in appearance.

A. further object is to provide a simple and inexpensive ldevice which will securely and smoothly hold down the shirt without tearing the same, which will readily adjust itself to the movements of the wearer, and which will maintain itself in proper position under varyingy conditions.

Vith the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appear, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view showing the manner in which the device is worn and the method of holding down the shirt.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a metallic element and a pad to which it is secured.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the parts shown by Fig. 2.

Fig. 4f is an enlarged fragmentary detail of a leg band and a metallic loop, which latter is slidably connected to the former.

Fig. 5 shows one end of a strap with a fastening device for holding the shirt.

Fig. 6 shows one of the members of a fastening device similar to the one disclosed by Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a modified form of certain parts.

In carrying out the invention, I employ an adjustable leg band 2, preferably, of web elastic or resilient fabric, which is stitched or otherwise secured at one end to a pad 4 and provided adjacent to its opposite end with a slidable metallic 'loop 6. rllhe leg band 2 is folded through the metallic loop 6 as shown by Fig. l and secured to a buckle 8, which is slidably mounted upon said leg band 2-for the purpose of vvtaking up or letting out the same to fit the leg of the wearer. y

' The pad l is secured by suitable means .SW1 es' ,Stitching 1Q te the beck a metallic element 12, which is provided with a hook or stud 141 for engagement bythe metallic loop 6. rlhe upper arcuate por tion ofthe element 12 has a slot 16, from which the lower margin 1S is pressed laterally, as indicated by Fig. 3, to admit a strap 2O to said slot 16.

The strap 2O may be made of the same materialas the leg band 2 and has a running connection withr the slotted portion 16 of the element 12, through which it is folded as shown by Fig. 1. The strap 20 extends. upwardly from the metallic ele-` ment 12 in V-form` and is provided at one end with a fastening device 21 consisting of a loop 22 and a member 24, which latter has a hook or stud 26 for engagement by said loop 22. through the slotted lower end of the loop 22 and secured by suitable means such as stitching 28. The fastening member2sL is secured to a tab 30, which in turn is stitched orfotherwise secured to saifd folded end of the strap 20.

The opposite end of the strap 20 is folded through and has a running connection with the slotted lower end 32 of a fastening device 33 which is similar to the fastening device 21 and consists of a loop 34: and a member 36 having a hook or stud 38. The

member 36 is secured to a tab 10, which is stitched or otherwise secured to the loop 341-.

The end of the strap 20 is connected to a' buckle 42, which is ,sl-idably mounted on said strap 20 to take up or let out the same according to the distance between the lower portion of the shirt A and the leg band 2.'Y

1n practice two of the devices are used, one for each leg and are placed in position by fastening the bands 2 around the legs, to which they are adjusted through the intermediacy of the slidable buckles 8. The fastening devices 21 and at the upper ends of the straps 2O are then secured to the flaps B and C of the shirt by placing the members 24 and 36 against the under surface of said flaps and the members 22 and over vthe flaps and clamping the ksame in place by engaging over the members 24 and 36, respectively. The straps 20 are then adjusted through the inter`- mediacy of the slidable buckles 42 to the proper length to hold the shirt down so that it can not creepupwardly from the musste-'and beweis wielded and. uncan- The strap 20 is folded forte'ole .to the wearer. The pads l underlyinr the metallic elements 12 prevent the letter from 'shelling the legs or rubbing :lg'aiinst :1nd wearing outthe underclothinef.

ln the xnodilied t'orin shown by Fig. T, the member l2 provided with :i roller lo, und u cord 2U is substituted forl the strap 20.

Having' thus described my invention, what I cleiln and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. A device ofthe character described con sistinp` ot :t leg band, :m element secured thereto and haring :1 slotted Iarched upper portion, :t strap folded into Vl'orn1 und runninga through the slottedportion of said element and extending upwardly there from, und fastening' devices et the `upper portions of seid strep for detachable vengagenlent `with the loWer-portionoi a shirt to keep the szu'ne from creeping upwardly. 2. A device of the character described consisting of am `element having :L slot in the upper portion thereof, a. pad stitched to the back ot said element, :t leg band heving one end secured to said pad, fastening devices on said element and the 'free end oftherleg band whereby the latter may be removably attached to the former, :L strap folded :1nd runningr through the slotted portion ot said element and extending upwardly therefrom, and fastening devices at lthe upper portion of seid strap for detachable engagement `with the lower portion of n shirt.

`In testin'iony WhereofI-aflix my signature.

DARSIE EDWARDS. 

